Ethereum Frontier: The 17-Day-Old Network Navigates Its First Macroeconomic Storm at $1.57
Ethereum was barely two weeks old when one of the biggest currency shocks of the decade rippled through global markets. […]
DeFi
Decentralized finance protocols, yield farming, and liquidity pools
Ethereum Frontier Goes Live as Smart Contract Platform Launches with Ether Under One Dollar
On July 30, 2015, the cryptocurrency landscape shifted forever. Ethereum, the brainchild of Vitalik Buterin, officially launched its Frontier network,
Ethereum Genesis Block Marks the Birth of Programmable Money: Inside the Frontier Launch
On July 30, 2015, the Ethereum network mined its genesis block, officially launching the Frontier release and ushering in the
Ethereum’s Genesis Approaches: Smart Contracts Set to Transform Blockchain as Frontier Network Readies for Launch
On the eve of what could become the most consequential moment in blockchain history since Satoshi Nakamoto mined the Bitcoin
Before DeFi: How BitShares, Counterparty, and NXT Pioneered Decentralized Finance in 2015
Long before Uniswap, Aave, or Compound, a small group of blockchain projects was already experimenting with the ideas that would
Litecoin Crashes 31% in Seven Days While Bitcoin Holds Firm Above $285: The Great Altcoin Divergence of Mid-July 2015
The cryptocurrency market of mid-July 2015 presented a study in contrasts. Bitcoin, the undisputed king of digital assets, traded steadily
The Invisible Revolution: How Decentralized Protocols Were Quietly Reshaping Finance in Early July 2015
While the world’s attention was fixed on Greece’s debt crisis and Bitcoin’s price rally, a quieter transformation was unfolding beneath
DeFi Before DeFi: How the Greek Debt Crisis Exposed Bitcoin’s Smart Contract Gap in Early July 2015
TL;DR Greece imposed strict capital controls in late June 2015, forcing citizens to seek alternatives to the banking system Bitcoin